Ministry isn't everything...Jesus is!
Monday, February 1, 2010
This is from Ray Ortlund Jr's blog. I was really moved by this simple exhortation from his dad before he went home to be with the Lord. This was a good reminder for me as I'm making decisions about where to serve and how to serve. Just keep Christ at the center. He's Lord...isn't He?
My dad’s message to me on the day he died
Sunday, July 22, 2007. Dad woke up very early in his hospital room in Newport Beach. He knew it was finally his day of release. He had the nurse call the family in. Jani and I had just arrived in Northern Ireland for ministry there. We didn’t know what was happening back home. But the family gathered around dad’s bed. They read Scripture. They sang hymns. Dad spoke a word of patriarchal blessing and admonition to each one. He pronounced over them the Aaronic blessing: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). He fell asleep. I asked my sister about dad’s message to me.
It was this:
“Tell Bud, ministry isn’t everything. Jesus is.”
My dad’s message to me on the day he died
Sunday, July 22, 2007. Dad woke up very early in his hospital room in Newport Beach. He knew it was finally his day of release. He had the nurse call the family in. Jani and I had just arrived in Northern Ireland for ministry there. We didn’t know what was happening back home. But the family gathered around dad’s bed. They read Scripture. They sang hymns. Dad spoke a word of patriarchal blessing and admonition to each one. He pronounced over them the Aaronic blessing: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). He fell asleep. I asked my sister about dad’s message to me.
It was this:
“Tell Bud, ministry isn’t everything. Jesus is.”
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